The Morning News Links - April 3, 2009

• Office vacancy rate in the United States is at a four-year high.
• $2 million will be available to make low-interest loans to San Francisco’s small businesses.
• San Francisco voters will be asked to approve a bond measure for street and sidewalk improvements in November.
• Budget woes at MUNI may require drastically reducing service.
• The Pyramid Center may soon have a neighbor.
• The California State Legislature now has time to work on real issues.
• U.S. unemployment rate is now at 8.5%.
• How is the unemployment rate calculated?
• 5.1 million jobs have been lost in this recession so far.
• Recession bottom may be near?